Inner Makatumbe Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Inner Makatumbe Lighthouse
Also known as: Inner Makatumbe (Dar es Salaam Bay Range Front) (LM7)
The Inner Makatumbe lighthouse is a 15-meter square skeletal tower situated on a platform supported by piles. It stands off the north side of Inner Makatumbe Island, approximately 1.2 kilometers southwest of the Outer Makatumbe lighthouse. The tower is white with a red vertical stripe along the range line. Its focal height reaches 20 meters, and it had a geographic range of 13.2 nautical miles. This navigational aid became inactive in 2024, rendered redundant by a new directional light at the Outer Makatumbe lighthouse. The site is open to visitors, but the tower itself remains closed.
Why it matters: Its decommissioning illustrates the evolution of maritime safety, as new technologies rendered this older navigational aid obsolete.
Light & Optic
- Focal Height
- 20m
- Geographic Range
- 13.2NM
Construction & History
Significant events: Inactive since 2024, became redundant due to new directional light at Outer Matatumbe lighthouse
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 15m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- white with a red vertical stripe on the range line
Structure: square skeletal tower mounted on a square platform supported by piles
Location
- City
- Dar es-Salaam
- Country
- 🇹🇿Tanzania
- Sea Region
- off the north side of Inner Makatumbe Island, about 1.2 km southwest of the Outer Makatumbe lighthouse
- Latitude
- -6.7915°
- Longitude
- 39.3398°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Dar es Salaam(2.6 km)
- Admiralty No.
- D6673
- NGA No.
- 31431
- ARLHS No.
- TAN-005
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